Emma hosts State Senator Chloe Maxmin of Maine’s 13th District and political activist Canyon Woodward to discuss their recent book Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends On It. Then, Emma is joined by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history and Italian studies at New York University, to discuss the recent Italian election results and what they […]

Cliff Schecter explains why the GOP’s death care bill might be finally dead. The insanity of the modern Republican Party. Forty nine Senate Republicans voted to throw American healthcare into chaos. John McCain voted the right way and is an attention whore. Maybe threatening Lisa Murkowski wasn’t such a smart thing to do. Why Collins […]

Investigative journalist Craig Unger, explains the importance of money laundering in Russian organized crime. The links between the Trump organization and Russian mafia and oligarchs. Buying condos through shell companies. Who is Semion Mogilevich? Was the Russian Mafia a major part of Trump’s finances? Who is Felix Sater and was he like Whitey Bulger? And […]

We provide live coverage of the Comey hearings. Senator Kamala Harris indicates that evidence may have been destroyed. Senator Cornyn wants to talk Clinton email scandal. Senator Richard Burr does not follow the Republican script on Trump and Russia. Comey says Russia absolutely intended to influence the election. Why James Comey needed to write down […]

A collection of interviews Sam conducted at Netroots Nation 2014, including with RJ Eskow a Senior Fellow at Campaign For America’s Future, progressive Senate candidate Shenna Bellows explains why she is taking on Susan Collins in the Maine Senate race, Michelle Swartzof the Alliance For Justice  and for Members only! an interview from the Air America days with the […]